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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

James Heskett and John Kotter found that organizations with strong corporate cultures realized over eleven years revenue growth of 682 percent, employment growth of 282 percent and stock price growth of 901 percent. Boards see the negative impact of a culture crisis on the value of their companies. Would you briefly touch on them?

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Keeping Your People Engaged in Tough Times

Marshall Goldsmith

Heskett and W. Here's his take: Joe: Managers across the country are facing tough decisions as they try to manage their cost base against diminishing demand. These actions, coupled with incentives that elicit new ideas for improving operations can send important positive messages at a time of stress. Earl Sasser, Jr.

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Is Kindness a Strategy?

Harvard Business Review

Crisis averted. Every problem, if managed well, is thus an "opportunity" to boost overall loyalty among a company's already loyal customers. It's hard to cite many businesses that make kindness the bedrock of their operating strategies. She took Frank all the way to the gate, and Frank made his flight. As my colleague James L.